about the author

Leonard Varden is a South African author who began writing in 2009 in grade 12 whilst still in school, starting with poetry that explored deep emotional and spiritual themes. His work is rooted in personal experience and divine inspiration, weaving love, faith, and longing into lyrical prose. His debut book, The Ghost of Benediction, is a heartfelt testament to a love he once prayed for—a journey of healing, reflection, and divine connection. With a voice both intimate and powerful, he invites readers into a sacred space where vulnerability meets poetic grace. This is only the beginning of his literary journey.

about the book

What begins as a quiet digital exchange evolves into an unexpected emotional reckoning. When a woman who has been heartbroken by a past covenant becomes the catalyst for a profound inner awakening, the narrator is drawn into a love both sacred and what seemed to be doomed. Through heartbreak, spiritual longing, and fragile reconnection, this expedition traces the haunting beauty of a bond that transcends reason—and the cost of surrendering to love’s most complex forms.A lyrical meditation on connection, grief, and redemption, this is a story for anyone who has ever loved deeply, lost irrevocably, and still dared to hope.

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